augmenten

Catalan

Verb

augmenten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of augmentar

Dutch

Noun

augmenten

  1. plural of augment

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French augmenter (uncommon aumenter), from Late Latin augmentāre, from augmentum (“growth”); by surface analysis, augment (“increase”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix). First attested in c. 1400.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /au̯(ɡ)ˈmɛntən/, /ˈau̯(ɡ)mɛntən/

Verb

augmenten (third-person singular simple present augmenteth, present participle augmentynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle augmented) (Late Middle English)

  1. (transitive) To add to; to cause to increase in number.
  2. (transitive) To intensify; to cause to increase in magnitude.
  3. (transitive) To enhance or strengthen; to cause to increase in strength.
    • c. 1471, Joh[annes] fforteſcue, “Heꝛe aft͛ ys schewyd what haꝛme would come to Englond yf the cȏmons theꝛof weꝛe pooꝛe”, in [Governance of England] (Bodleian MS. Digby 145)‎[1], Adrıan[us] ffoꝛteſcu, published 1532, folio [149, recto]; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 16 August 2022:
      And alſo ıt wer also gretely ayenſte hıs conſyence that awght to defend them ⁊ theır goodꝰ. ıf he toke from them theır goodꝰ wtout lawfull cauſe / ffrom the infamye wherof. god defend owre kyng. and gyue hym gcͣe to augment hıs realme ın ryċeſſe welth ⁊ ꝕſperyte to hıs ꝑpetual laude ⁊ honour /
      And it would also be greatly against his conscience, which should defend them and their possessions, if he took their possessions from them without legal justification. / God defend our king from the infamy of this, and provide him with grace to improve his realm with riches, wealth, and prosperity to his perpetual credit and honour.
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) To become more intense, numerous, or strong.

Conjugation

Conjugation of augmenten (weak in -ede)
infinitive (to) augmenten, augmente
present tense past tense
1st-person singular augmente augmented(e)
2nd-person singular augmentest augmentedest
3rd-person singular augmenteth augmented(e)
subjunctive singular augmente
imperative singular —
plural1 augmenten, augmente augmenteden, augmented(e)
imperative plural augmenteth, augmente —
participles augmentynge, augmentende augmented

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: augment

References

Spanish

Verb

augmenten

  1. inflection of augmentar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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